In the remote 1939, in a little town situated in the Valley of Diano, known as Buonabitacolo, in the province of Salerno, there was a shoemaker whose name was Giovanni Mangia. He was little more than a child when he first began to adjust the shoes of his fellow-citizens. His first customers were humble countrymen whom he reached directly in their fields to repaired their shoes by using the few tools he always brought along, which consisted of a hammer, some nails, a brush and shoe-polish. As years passed by, Giovanni refined his techniques and was than able to turn the world of footwear into an art. Umberto, Giovanni’s son, had later learnt and treasured that art and then opened his own small laboratory, which he had enriched with a few more tools. In the course of time, Vincenzo Mangia, the man who now owns the factory, developed the art of footwear in complete respect of all old traditions. He was able to do so thanks to his passion for